Why? Doesn't she look like she knows a lot about football? I can't wait to read what she has to say.

I'll leave the heavy lifting to Texans Chick. She's the Chron's best Texans reporter and isn't really a full-fledged reporter with them.

She can blog on opinions AND on real news better than any of 'em, well I think Alan Burge is up there on that level too. Texans fans--THE TRUE FANS--will always do a better job of giving us the skinny on things.

I'll leave the heavy lifting to Texans Chick. She's the Chron's best Texans reporter and isn't really a full-fledged reporter with them.

She can blog on opinions AND on real news better than any of 'em, well I think Alan Burge is up there on that level too. Texans fans--THE TRUE FANS--will always do a better job of giving us the skinny on things.

A genuine question her: So you don't think Alan Burge or Stephanie Stradley, being two really big time Texans fans, are capable of reporting on the Texans in an objective manner?

I think they've been pretty objective. They're not going to gash the Texans, it's certainly low-class to do such thing (ala Richard Justice), but they are often very blatantly honest about their analysis. And, they stay factual throughout it all. Yes, they might give the occasional rah-rah report by interviewing a player and keeping it light..but still.

It takes a lot of discipline to do so, but those two people (IMO) have done so. They're credible in their efforts.

My opinion exactly!! WHY do we need her? Maybe she will buy herself a brush before she goes before our TEXAN camera's. She is tacky as, well, I'll keep that comparison to myself! The Chronicle is a crap newspaper anyway, so why do I care! Except for Steph, I could care less about that ragsheet.

We (and other outlets) quoted a bunch today from Florida Times-Union reporter Tania Ganguli's interview with Jaguars owner Shad Khan. Little did we know that Ganguli filed her copy after a rough weekend.

According to Ganguli's own paper, Jacksonville police dropped by the Brix Taphouse—which Deadspin's Jacksonville bureau chief Tim Burke describes as "a place that pretends to be fancy but is just another drunken beach establishment like all the others"—at 2 a.m., after Ganguli told an officer that a bar employee had pushed her to the ground.

Then, explains her own paper:

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The officer determined her complaint was unfounded, a decision Ganguli disagreed with. She then called 911, the report says, and asked for other officers to assist.

As she continued to "yell into the phone at the 911 dispatcher," the report says, she was arrested and taken to the Duval County jail. She was released later Saturday.
And, by Monday, she had written the day's biggest NFL story and kept mum on Twitter. Follow your dreams, kids!

UPDATE (5:55 p.m.): Jacksonville police just announced they won't charge Ganguli for whatever happened Friday night, the Times-Union reports. They have also apologized to Ganguli.

More:

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According to Police Chief Bruce Thomason, a charge of misusing 911 is rare enough that he reviewed the arrest report. Then he listened to her the 911 call, and decided not to press charges.

"It did not match up in my opinion with what was in the report," Thomason said. "I didn't believe she showed the obvious signs of intoxication that the officer indicated in his report; I did not hear the yelling.
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

Like someone said, everyone has an opinion............

Just out of curiosity. What would be the correct way to handle such a situation?

A genuine question her: So you don't think Alan Burge or Stephanie Stradley, being two really big time Texans fans, are capable of reporting on the Texans in an objective manner?

I think they've been pretty objective. They're not going to gash the Texans, it's certainly low-class to do such thing (ala Richard Justice), but they are often very blatantly honest about their analysis. And, they stay factual throughout it all. Yes, they might give the occasional rah-rah report by interviewing a player and keeping it light..but still.

It takes a lot of discipline to do so, but those two people (IMO) have done so. They're credible in their efforts.

I should have went into more detail. Burge and Steph are bloggers and I have no issue with them being fans and follow both of them. But an official reporter should not have fan allegiances so they will ask the tough questions when things are going bad. Something Houston media has lacked for years.

Why shouldnt the Texans be bashed? The past few years have showed us that at times they should be.

I should have went into more detail. Burge and Steph are bloggers and I have no issue with them being fans and follow both of them. But an official reporter should not have fan allegiances so they will ask the tough questions when things are going bad. Something Houston media has lacked for years.

Why shouldnt the Texans be bashed? The past few years have showed us that at times they should be.

I don't think that they ought to be bashed for no reason, but objective discussion (which is impossible to get on this Board, for the most part) is always interesting, because no team is perfect and no team has a lock on anything - including a winning season.

Why do you think cops go to bars? In most states -- if not all -- bars are not considered private property.. if you're at a bar and above .08 BAC, you're breaking the law (Public Intoxication).

The law is the biggest problem, not the LEOs or people being drunk in a bar.

Bars are like shooting ducks in a barrel. Easy prey.

Solution: Don't get ****-faced in one and then do stupid stuff like shoving LEOs or calling 911 when you shouldn't, and don't walk out unless you can call a cab or blow under .08 whichever you choose.

The law is not the problem, the inability of people to honor the law is the problem. And even though she was not charged, she still was incapable of understanding she had a bad idea when she called 911 to resolve an issue that a cop had just said was not an issue.

Drunk people make bad choices. That's the truest statement in the world.

We agree on a lot, just not this topic. LOL. Anyways, this thread is devolving into a NSZ topic pretty quick.

Why do you think cops go to bars? In most states -- if not all -- bars are not considered private property.. if you're at a bar and above .08 BAC, you're breaking the law (Public Intoxication).

The law is the biggest problem, not the LEOs or people being drunk in a bar.

and don't walk out unless you can call a cab or blow under .08 whichever you choose.

Actually being in the bar drunk is a PI...i've gotten a DOC (language) inside of a bar, calmly telling my friend to "stfu" because he was startin mess with the cops (who instigated, btw)... A night in jail and a fine for dropping an f-bomb in a bar...